David Dobrik is an extremely popular YouTube personality—his vlogs have attracted nearly 10 million subscribers and counting. Yet, for all of his reach, he has yet to win over another creator very well-liked on YouTube: Ariana Grande. (Her video for "thank u, next" has gotten more than 118 million views in less than a week.) For years, he's been tweeting at the pop star and in a recent WIRED Autocomplete Interview revealed she's still his celebrity crush. As of this writing, though, they're still not an item.

Considering her current internet-dominating appeal, crushing on Grande might seem kind of obvious. But Dobrik—whose breakup video with former girlfriend, and fellow YouTuber, Liza Koshy got 46 million views—wants you to know he's not brand new. "I liked her...